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Types of Mountains
Type of Mountain
Picture
Description/Explanation
Folded Mountains
Folded mountains are formed
when the layers of rocks are
folded like a rug that has been
pushed up against a wall.
Fault Block Mountains
Formed from the tremendous
forces inside Earth squeeze
horizontal rock layers, causing
them to fold.
Fault-block mountains are
formed from huge blocks of
rock that are separated from
surrounding rocks by faults.
Upwarped Mountains
The faults are large fractures in
rocks along which mostly
vertical movement occurs.
Upwarped mountains form
when blocks of Earth’s crust are
pushed up by forces inside the
Earth.
Volcanic Mountains
Over time, the soil and
sedimentary rock at the top of
Earth’s crust erode.
Volcanic mountains form from
molten material reaches the
surface through a week area in
the crust.
Examples
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Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains in
Canada
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The Grand Tetons of
Wyoming
Sierra Nevada in
California
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The deposited materials pile up
layer upon layer until a coneshaped structure forms.
Adirondack Mountains
in New York
Rocky Mountains in
Colorado and New
Mexico
Black Hills in South
Dakota
Mount St. Helens in
Washington
Mount Shasta in
California
Hawaiian Islands